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Patented Oct. 2, 1883.

'3. 0. BERNINGHAUS.

BOTTLE WRAPPER AND CUSHION.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

EDMUND 0. BERNINGHAUS, on ST. LoUIS, MISSOURI, AssIenonoF onu- HALF TOJOHN c. SOHOENTHALER, or SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE WRAPPER A'ND CUSHICN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,872, dated October2, 1883.

- Application filed July 16,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDMUND O. BERNING- HAUS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented anew and useful Improved Bottle Wrapper and Cushion, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved bottle wrapper andcushion for bottles and similar articles liable to fracture, and tobetter protect the same when packed in boxes .for storage, shipment, andtransportation pureach bottle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my wrap-.

per and cushion, with a portion of the top sheet of paper removed todisclose the spiralshaped thin strips of wood and the bottom sheet ofpaper. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on line 3 3.

A A A represent a series of the like thin spiral and tubular shapedstrips of wood that I employ in the making of my improved wrapper andcushion. These spiral and tubular shaped strips of wood are made bysimply planing a board of wood, the bit of the plane being setdiagonally, to out not only the wood into thin veneer-like strips, butat same time give the same the spiral turns, marked a a, 850., and thetubular shape when taken in any point in cross-secti0n. (See b, Figs. 2and 3.) I further employ two sheets of paper, marked a d, (see figures,)one face of each sheet being prepared with adhesive matter, such as glueor the like. Next I place a Sufficient number of the spiral and tubularshaped pieces of Wood alongside of each other, or in the rows, asindicated in the drawings, and between the aforesaid two sheets ofpaper; and, lastly, the said sheets of paper, by a slight pressure, aremade to adhere to each side of the wood (top and bottom) and cement thewhole together, as indicatec. I

A wrapper and cushion is thus made to consist of thin spiral and tubularshaped pieces of wood interposed between two exterior sheets of paper,and possessing the following advantages: The spiral and tubularconformations of the wood render the wrapper, 850., sufficiently soft,yielding, or spring-like to cushion the bottle or fragile article, andthis effect is had in either uses of the materialviz. as simply awrapper or envelope around the bottle, or, secondly, when the materialis used to cushion the top and bottom of the bottle, 820., when packedin the box, as shown in Fig. 1. As a wrapper, the material is cut intothe varying sizes to suit bottles, 850., and is simply folded, aroundthe bottle, (see Fig. 1,) the meeting edges of the paper fitted to sticktogether and retain the wrapper in its cylindrical shape. The materialcan also be interposed between the top and bottom of the bottle and thebox, so as to cushion the article, and when the material is used in bothways as wrapper and cushion-the bottle, 850., can be most adequately andsafely protected.

What I claim is As a new article of manufacture, a packing, wrapper,envelope, or cushion for bottles and fragile articles, consisting ofthin strips of wood coiled spirally in a longitudinal direction, andtubular in cross-section, united to and interposed between an under anda top sheet of paper, substantially as described.

In-testimony of said invention I have hereunto set my hand.

EDMUND o. BnnNIneHAUs.

Witnesses:

J OHN G. SCHOENTHALER, WILLIAM W. HERTHDL.

